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US 2014/0212554 A1Published application
Methods for cleaning and tenderizing animal meat with shock waves
AssigneeSanuwave, Inc.
InventorsIulian CIOANTA, Yannick SPENNINCK
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Abstract
This invention includes methods for cleaning and tenderizing animal meat with shock waves by submerging animal meat in a volume of fluid in a treatment tank including a shock wave applicator with a focal volume in the volume of fluid, and applying a pressure shock wave pulses to the animal meat from the shock wave applicator in sufficient amounts to eliminate biological contaminants and/or tenderize the animal meat.
Claims18
A method comprising;
- providing a volume of fluid in a treatment tank, wherein the treatment tank includes a shock wave applicator configured to have a focal volume disposed in the volume of fluid;
- submerging an animal meat including biological contaminants into the volume of fluid, wherein at least a portion of the animal meat is in the focal volume of the shock wave applicator;
- and
- applying a plurality of pressure shock wave pulses, by the shock wave applicator, to the animal meat in the volume of fluid in sufficient amounts to perform at least one of:
- damage at least some of biological contaminants in the animal meat, and tenderize the animal meat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.